David Freeman was killed while the driver of the car suffered a minor neck wound

Police say 34-year-old David Freeman, of McKees Rocks, was killed while the driver of the car suffered a minor neck wound. The car crashed into a fire hydrant as the driver tried to escape the gun fire and another passenger was also hurt.The driver and passenger have been treated and released from a hospital.Police are still looking for whoever fired at least six shots from a silver Cadillac about 2 a.m. Friday.Police are not saying whether they have any suspects.

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shooting death of a 39-year-old man

Police in Sanpete County are investigating the shooting death of a 39-year-old man Thursday night. Police in Mount Pleasant, about 30 miles southeast of Nephi, are investigating the 11:30 p.m. shooting that left one man dead, according to the sheriff's office. More information was expected to be released later today. Mount Pleasant police Chief Jim Wilberg could not immediately be reached for comment, but Sanpete County Sheriff's Department officials confirmed the shooting probe was under way.

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Wayne Jackson, was fatally shot in the head

Wayne Jackson, 23, was fatally shot in the head on the South Side as a co-worker was dropping him off after work shortly after 3 a.m. in the 8500 block of South Saginaw Avenue. Jennifer Collins, 22, tried to escape the barrage of bullets by climbing into the back seat but was shot in the leg. She later was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in good condition. The two male assailants were wearing ski masks and driving a white Ford Explorer

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Senmeon Williams was shot in the head outside a Racine grocery store

Man who was shot in the head outside a Racine grocery store has died at a suburban Milwaukee hospital.Racine police say 23-year-old Senmeon Williams died at Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Thursday night, about 11 hours after he was wounded in a drive-by shooting outside Racine Supermarket.Witnesses tell police Williams was at Five Corners Tavern when he decided to run across the street to the store, then was hit by a gunshot.Investigators say they're looking for two male suspects who were in a four-door gray car.

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Arrest of an armed man in Limerick city 46 year old who was arrested is alleged to have been in possession of an automatic pistol

Gardai have described last night's arrest of an armed man in Limerick city as significant.A taser gun was used to stun the 46 year old in the Rhebogue area of the city around 10.45pm.He is suspected to have links to one of Limerick`s criminal gangs. It`s the first time a taser gun has been used by gardai.Members of the Emergency Response Unit suspected the man was carrying a firearm as he walked along a road in Rhebogue last night and used a taser gun to subdue him.It`s designed for use in cases where a lethal weapon would otherwise have been used and shoots small darts which deliver an electric shock, designed to stun a person, while
not harming them permanently.
Many Limerick people on the streets believe the use of this type of weapon is necessary.The 46 year old who was arrested is alleged to have been in possession of an automatic pistol and two ammunition magazines.
Gardai are continuing to question him at Henry Street Garda Station under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act.

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Head of a prostitution ring was jailed for life in eastern Russian on Thursday for his involvement in kidnapping, raping and killing 14 young women

The head of a prostitution ring was jailed for life in eastern Russian on Thursday for his involvement in kidnapping, raping and killing 14 young women, a judge said Friday.Eduard Chudinov was charged by the Sverdlovsk regional court in the Urals region for his part in murdering the kidnapped girls between 2002 and 2005 after they refused to work as prostitutes, Russian media reported.
In sentencing broadcast on national television, the judge said the court had decided to "sentence Chudinov to life imprisonment in a high-security prison."
Seven other members of the gang, four of whom were relatives, were also found guilty and given jail terms of between 10 and 24 years, Interfax news agency reported.The gang set up a food delivery service as a cover for the prostitution ring and used the better looking member of the group to charm women into coming back with them.
They then kidnapped the girls and forced them to write letters to their parents saying "Everything is OK. I've gone to Moscow. I've found work" before killing them, NTV television reported, citing the gang members testimony.
The gang members were arrested after the bodies of girls between 13 and 25 years old were discovered in a shallow grave in a forest outside the town of Levikha in February 2007.Relatives of the victims complained to journalists that the sentencing was too light."She just went out with a girlfriend for a walk," Olga Shishkova, whose 13-year-old daughter was one of the victims said."They met some boys and they raped them. They beat them all night, raped them, tied them to a radiator, humiliated them in different ways. ... the girls did not agree to become prostitutes and they killed them."Chudinov was also accused of killing his daughter Lena, who was 14 when she died, through carelessness, but the accusation was dropped by prosecutors. Chudinov said that her death occurred during a domestic argument and was an accident, NTV reported.The group may have been responsible for more deaths and police said they are continuing their investigation.A number of other possible victims were discovered in the mass grave but were in such a bad condition that it was not possible to identify the remains, NTV said.

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Becky Jo Tatum charge of engaging in oral sex with a 14-year-old girl during a party at Tatum's house.

Becky Jo Tatum, 41, of 2761 Bellwood Ave., has been free on bond since her arrest in March on the charge of engaging in oral sex with a 14-year-old girl during a party at Tatum's house. Tatum voluntarily showed up at the Franklin County jail yesterday to answer to the new charges, said Gregg Slemmer, her attorney.
Bexley police searched Tatum's home on New Year's Eve and found about 1.2 ounces of powdered cocaine and a gun. She is prohibited from possessing a firearm because of a 1999 conviction for attempted trafficking in drugs and a 1998 conviction for promoting prostitution, according to the indictment.
Tatum also was under investigation by the Ohio Department of Insurance, Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien said. "They learned there had been a burglary at her residence in August 2007 and she reported $6,000 of items stolen," he said. "The police report didn't match the items listed with the insurance company, including a laptop. The laptop was eventually found not to have been stolen."
That computer contained pictures of two 16-year-old girls and a teenage boy simulating sex. The 14-year-old girl later told police of the sex act at the party in March. Tatum is a single mother of two. Her children were staying with relatives after her arrest last month.

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pit bull had a 5-year-old girl by her hair

pit bull was shot and killed about 6 p.m. Monday in Anderson after a police officer shot one of two dogs that reportedly had a 5-year-old girl by her hair. Anderson police Officer Mark Miller shot one of the dogs after it ran at him when he responded to a call for help on Cherry Street.
According to the incident report, two pit bulls were running around 21-year-old Diana Burton's house with broken ropes attached to their collars. The child was not injured, and Ms. Burton suffered minor injuries, the report states. Officer Miller was not injured.

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Police killed a pit bull after it attacked its owner

Port Byron police killed a pit bull after it attacked its owner today, said Police Chief Christopher O'Donovan. He said he saw the dog biting Johanna Wiggins, 23, and shot it once, then four more times as the dog moved to attack him. An ambulance took Wiggins to Auburn Hospital. She was then transferred to University Hospital for stitches, O'Donovan said. She suffered "significant damage" to her left arm, he said.
The dog died and was picked up by a Cayuga County dog control officer, O'Donovan said. It will be tested for rabies. O'Donovan didn't know why the dog attacked Wiggins. Wiggins recently moved to that address and police have not received prior calls about the dog, he said.

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female Serial killer pulled a gun and shot the two officers at close range

The mystery woman is suspected of six murders and 15 years of burglaries in three countries. Her latest victims may be three Georgian second-hand car dealers shot execution-style.police have stepped up the hunt for a murderer dubbed "the woman without a face", who is believed to be a rare female multiple killer.
The unparalleled inquiry is based entirely on DNA found in smudges of sweat and nearly invisible flakes of shed skin at the crime scenes.
Police in the south-western city of Heilbronn have no idea of the woman's name, appearance or age, hence her nickname. But, should she ever be caught, police can link her to the genetic material in their labs.One reason for the intensity of the hunt is that police want to avenge one of their own. She is suspected of the cold-blooded murder of a German policewoman, Michele Kiesewetter, 22, in a car park in April last year.Police believe that the officer approached her and she panicked, killing her with a bullet in the face.The first genetic traces of the offender were collected at the scene of a crime in May 1993.A retired woman, 62, was found strangled in her home in Idar-Oberstein, not far from Heilbronn, in what seemed to have been a burglary that had turned violent.In March 2001, the killer struck again in Freiburg, southwest Germany, this time strangling a 61-year-old man.
Other crime-scene clues include a disposable syringe found in October 2001 in a car park. The blood on it was the suspect's. The contents had been a cocktail of drugs with which she had injected herself.
In a burgled caravan, police discovered she had nibbled a biscuit. A smudge of spit on a toothmark in the remaining fragment of biscuit proved once again to have left a genetic clue.In autumn 2004, the woman went to the Austrian Tyrol. She broke into garden sheds along the road towards Innsbruck, discarding a pair of tracksuit bottoms, a hooded cardigan and other items.The killer's DNA has also been found at burglary scenes in France.Police said yesterday that the woman has left DNA at the scenes of six murders and 24 break-ins. The murders all took place in Germany.
Knowing her dress style, her drug use and cold-bloodedness, police went on television in April 2005 with an appeal to the public for tips, but to no avail.
What galls police is that her criminal career has been gradually getting more ruthless.After last year's unexplained murder in Heilbronn of the uniformed policewoman, who had briefly worked as an undercover agent, the offender's DNA was found on the police car.A policeman who was seriously injured in the same attack woke from a coma with no memory of the female assailant, who had pulled a gun and shot the two officers at close range.This year, police found a few cells of her skin after they stripped and analysed all the upholstery, carpets and lint from the car of a man whom they are holding on suspicion of triple murder.The man, a former paid police informant, was suspected of killing the three Georgian car dealers, who had come to Germany to buy second-hand cars. Their bodies were dumped in a river at the end of January.The suspect denies the charge, saying the killer was another man, an Islamic radical from Somalia who is also in police custody – and he denies any knowledge of "the woman without a face". However, her DNA was found in the car, triggering a new theory that she was the men's killer.Police are compiling a thorough history of the car: who owned it and where it has been seen.
They already know that the three Georgians were driven in the car to Heppenheim, the town where they were killed.Oddly enough, the car was in police ownership at the time. The criminal investigation department bought it second-hand last year and loaned it to the informant when he was hired to brief police on the activities of his criminal associates.Erwin Hetger, the police chief of Baden-Württemberg state, was jubilant at the find, calling it a "down-payment" for police to solve the case of the mysterious and elusive killer.

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Viktor Bout "Merchant of Death," has charges dropped

Thai police dropped charges Wednesday against a Russian man accused of being one of the world's most prolific black market arms dealers, saying they will proceed with hearings to extradite him to the United States.Viktor Bout, a 41-year-old Russian, faces several counts in the U.S. of "conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization" for allegedly arranging to sell and transport weapons, including portable surface-to-air missiles to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.Lt. Gen. Phongphan Chayaphan, chief of the Thai police's Crime Suppression Division, said Bout would remain detained pending extradition hearings, which he estimated would take 60 days.Bout's lawyer in Thailand, Lak Nitiwatanavichan, said he would fight extradition.
Bout, who has been called the "Merchant of Death," was arrested March 6 at a Bangkok hotel after a sting operation in which undercover U.S. agents pretended to be arms buyers from the Colombian rebels.He could face 15 years in prison on the U.S. charge. Thai authorities had held him on a charge of using the country as a base to negotiate a weapons deal with terrorists, for which he could have been imprisoned for 10 years.Regarded as one of the world's most wanted arms traffickers, Bout's alleged list of customers since the early 1990s includes African dictators and warlords, including former Liberian President Charles Taylor, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and both sides of the civil war in Angola. In the process, he has been accused of breaking several U.N. arms embargoes.
Bout, who was purportedly the model for the arms dealer portrayed by Nicolas Cage in the 2005 movie "Lord of War," has denied the current allegations against him and any criminal activities in the past.Bout's lawyer Lak said the U.S. charges were political in nature and did not represent a criminal case because the Colombian government is fighting the FARC rebels over differences of ideology. He also said the conflict in Colombia is outside of U.S. jurisdiction.Extradition treaties between nations generally do not allow turning over suspects in cases of a political nature.

Lak said the Thai attorney general's office was awaiting more documents from the United States before officially forwarding the extradition case to court.

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Six men in police custody after a member of the public reporting that shots had been fired in the vicinity of Miss Daisy Lane.

Six men are currently in police custody and two firearms and a car have been seized following an operation carried out in West Bay . Officers investigating the Saturday morning shooting in Miss Daisy Lane made the arrests soon after 2pm. The men aged between 21 and 38 have been arrested on suspicion of possessing unlicensed firearms, suspicion of discharging an unlicensed firearm and consumption of a controlled drug. Officers from the Uniform Support Group, West Bay and George Town CID, West Bay Uniform Department and K9 carried out the raid at an address in Town Hall Road where the men, the firearms and the vehicle were located.
The arrests relate to an incident which occurred at around 6am on Saturday morning in the area known locally as ‘Log Wood’, West Bay. The 911 Emergency Communications Centre received a call from a member of the public reporting that shots had been fired in the vicinity of Miss Daisy Lane. Officers responded and upon arrival found that a 25-year-old man had sustained some minor injuries to his leg, however, he did not require hospital treatment. It appears that a number of shots had been fired at the victim’s house while he was inside. A 23-year-old man previously arrested in relation to this case remains in police custody. “Crimes which involve violence and firearms are a serious concern to us,” said Area Commander, Chief Inspector Angelique Howell. “These arrests should act as a warning to others that we will remain relentless in our efforts to remove weapons from the streets.”

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Gunshots in the Calgary's northeast

Police responded to several reports of gunshots in the Calgary's northeast.
Duty inspector Dave Wood said one man was found in the alley behind Malvern Drive N.E., in Marlborough Park, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to hospital in serious but stable condition.Witnesses reported two vehicles fleeing the area. Wood said it was too soon to say whether the shooting was related to one that happened early Sunday morning in the northwest.Officers were on-scene late into the evening, cordoning off the area where the shooting occurred, collecting evidence and talking to witnesses.

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Waehabae Tuankama was shot dead by a pillion

An informant for the authorities was killed in a drive-by shooting here late Sunday night, police siad.Police said Waehabae Tuankama, 15, was shot dead by a pillion rider while he was riding his motorcycle home in Narathiwat's Muang district at about 12:10 am.Police said Waehabae was trailed after by a motorcycle after his work at a karaoke bar. The pillion rider fired a 9mm pistol at him ten times.Waehabae was an informant for the authorities, police said.

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critical condition after he was shot in the chest in a drive by shooting in Yakima

A man is in critical condition after he was shot in the chest in a drive by shooting.
It happened on the 400 block of East Beech Street in Yakima.Police say the victim was conscious when they arrived on the scene, but was not cooperating with them.
He said he believed the shooter was driving a gray or blue van.Police say the victim is a known gang member and his house was heavily tagged with gang graffiti.

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Fidel Jimenez was caught in gun fire while driving down Blackstone and Herndon

Fidel Jimenez was caught in gun fire while driving down Blackstone and Herndon the night of March 23rd. Two suspects were fighting when gun fire erupted and Jimenez was shot around 11:41pm, according to Fresno Police.
Officers found Jimenez in the parking lot on the 6700 block of N. Blackstone suffered from a gunshot wound. Jimenez was rushed to the Community Regional Medical Center after being shot and crashing into a business at the intersection. On Friday, April 4th, he died from the gunshot wound.
Twenty- one-year-old Luciano Lopez and a 17- year- old juvenile were arrested Friday night in their homes for the deadly shooting.
This is the tenth murder in Fresno this year. Officials say this time last year, there were eleven homicides.

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Juan Silva was struck in the foot and buttocks before reaching cover. His brother also was hit.

Salinas police said Juan Silva, 20, and his 14-year-old brother apparently were standing between two vehicles in the 1200 block of Paseo Grande, talking to their father when a green Honda drove by, made a U-turn and stopped in front of the residence.
Police said a passenger in the right-rear seat pulled a handgun and began shooting. Silva was struck in the foot and buttocks before reaching cover. His brother also was hit. The brothers were transported to a Salinas hospital by a relative.

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Maastricht Tuesday overturned a municipal ordinance ordering coffee shops to refuse to serve foreign clients

district court judge in the Dutch border city of Maastricht Tuesday overturned a municipal ordinance ordering coffee shops to refuse to serve foreign clients, according to reports compiled by NIS News. The city had imposed the ban as an experimental measure in 2005, in part to appease the neighboring Belgian, French and German governments, who complain that their citizens go to Holland to score, and in part to appease conservative Justice Minister Peit Hein Donner.One coffee shop was shut down for three months in 2006 because it did not follow the ban on foreigners. But it reopened three months later.In the meantime, a legal challenge to the ordinance wound through the courts. Now, a Dutch judge has ruled that because the sale of marijuana is legal in practice under Dutch law, ordinances barring foreigners from partaking in that legal activity amount to discrimination by nationality, which is banned by the Dutch constitution unless there are objective, reasonable grounds to justify it. The judge held that no such grounds exist in the present case.As a Dutch city bordering neighboring countries where marijuana policies are not so relaxed, Maastricht has been the locus of numerous battles over marijuana sales. Just three weeks ago, courts ruled against its bid to set up coffee houses on a designated strip on the city's outskirts to mitigate congestion from foreign "drug tourists."

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Four police officers and a Highwaymen Motorcycle Club member were indicted by a federal grand jury

Four police officers and a Highwaymen Motorcycle Club member were indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit on charges ranging from lying to federal agents, lying to a grand jury, and committing various drug offenses.In addition, a formal criminal complaint was filed against Detroit area Attorney Lee O'Brien for lying to federal agents.All charges arose from an FBI investigation that resulted in the indictment of over forty HMG members and associates last year. The officers are from Brownstown Township, Hamtramck, Garden City and a reserve officer from Detroit.

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William S. Markel retired Penn Hills police lieutenant was charged Friday with stealing thousands of dollars worth of heroin and cocaine

retired Penn Hills police lieutenant was charged Friday with stealing thousands of dollars worth of heroin and cocaine from the department's evidence lockers.
William S. Markel, 54, of Monroeville was released on his own recognizance after briefly appeariretired Penn Hills police lieutenant was charged Friday with stealing thousands of dollars worth of heroin and cocaine from the department's evidence lockers.
William S. Markel, 54, of Monroeville was released on his own recognizance after briefly appearing before District Judge Leonard HRomyak. He made no plea and did not comment on the charges. James Wymard, Markel's attorney, said Markel is scheduled for formal arraignment at the Allegheny County Courthouse on June 2. He faces three counts of theft and three counts of possession of a controlled substance.
Wymard said his client hopes to resolve the situation before a possible trial.
James Wymard, Markel's attorney, said Markel is scheduled for formal arraignment at the Allegheny County Courthouse on June 2. He faces three counts of theft and three counts of possession of a controlled substance.
Wymard said his client hopes to resolve the situation before a possible trial.

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Brian Howes wanted by the American authorities as part of an investigation into the production of crystal meth

Brian Howes, 44,and his wife of just two days, Kerry Ann, 30, are wanted by the American authorities as part of an investigation into the production of crystal meth.
The couple, of Bo’ness, Scotland, could face 82 charges of supplying chemicals over the internet to people believed to be involved in the production of methamphetamine. The charges could lead to a jail term of almost 100 years.The hearing took place at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday.A previous hearing was told claims that chemicals allegedly supplied by the pair were traced to more than 80 illegal laboratories in the US.Sheriff Isabella McColl ruled that the case must now be referred to Scottish ministers for a final decision on whether they should be sent to America.
The ruling comes just days after the couple, who have four children aged from two to 10, were married in a low-key ceremony in Bo’ness.Sheriff McColl continued bail in both cases.Speaking after the hearing, Mr Howes, who formerly ran a fruit machine sales business from a Middlesbrough industrial estate and sold chemicals from a Stockton business centre, vowed to fight the extradition bid.US authorities allege that the pair knowingly sold chemicals for use in the manufacture of the synthetic drug.The couple were arrested in January last year by Central Scotland Police on behalf of the US Drug Enforcement Agency.The couple were originally arrested following Operation Enfield, led by Cleveland Police, which concerned the supply of chemicals over the internet.The materials sold are understood to be illegal in the US, but they are legal in Britain.Mr and Mrs Howes, who have consistently denied any wrong-doing, will have to wait a number of months before a final decision is made in their case.The sheriff’s job was to satisfy herself that the request from the US met the requirements of the Extradition Act.The couple’s legal team can appeal against yesterday’s ruling and they also have a right to appeal to the High Court if the decision by ministers goes against them.Mr Howes insisted the couple had done nothing wrong.‘‘We took legal advice and we didn’t know the chemicals were misused,’’ he said outside the court.
He added: ‘‘Obviously we believe it’s the wrong decision.
‘‘No evidence was ever produced to extradite us and I believe extradition without evidence is obviously wrong.
‘‘We’re going to take the fight as far as we have to go.’’

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Julie Abbott was shot in the building's parking lot, and he found a man standing over her with a gun in his hand

man shot and killed his wife's doctor Friday outside a medical office building before being critically wounded himself by a police officer, authorities said.
The officer had been nearby when Julie Abbott was shot in the building's parking lot, and he found a man standing over her with a gun in his hand, San Antonio police spokesman Gabe Trevino said.The officer ordered the man to drop the gun, then fired several rounds when the suspect advanced toward him, authorities said.
The suspect was listed in critical condition after undergoing surgery, University Hospital spokesman Leni Kirkman said. Authorities said they were withholding his name pending formal charges.
Abbott, 47, died at the same hospital, according to a statement from San Antonio police. Officer Michael Blanquiz, who shot the suspect, was not injured and was placed on administrative duty.Authorities did not know a possible motive for the killing.Abbott's name was listed on a placard outside the offices of iMED Internal Medicine on the building's first floor. According to the iMED Web site, Abbott attended medical school at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Dallas.

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Otis "Cowboy" Carden Cache of weapons that included the launcher, fully automatic rifles, an "elephant gun," and handguns was put on display

A cache of weapons that included the launcher, fully automatic rifles, an "elephant gun," and handguns of various sizes and shapes was put on display today by the sheriff and law enforcement officers from other jurisdictions that participated in the nearly year-old probe.The investigative team focused its attention on Otis "Cowboy" Carden, 26, and Terry "Ox" Gilmore, 34, who are accused of being the ringleaders. Sgt. Ian Floyd said everyone else arrested worked for these two.
"Some stole vehicles," Floyd said. "Others broke into houses and stole guns."The investigation began last summer after a vehicle theft, he said. From there, it led to drugs and guns and stolen property.Judd said there was no evidence the ring was smuggling guns.The ring bought and sold stolen goods and dealt mainly in methamphetamine, he said. Although the public was undisturbed by the ring, Judd said members would be very violent to those who didn't pay debts or tried to rip them off.
Judd said victims were fearful of coming forward."One guy had the pudding beat out of him," Judd said. "This is one of the more violent groups we've encountered recently. They were violent toward each other and those who dealt drugs and stole property if they didn't pay up."Three members of the ring remained at large, he said."But our guys are coming after you," he said.
The ring made money off drugs and the sale of stolen property. The guns mostly were bought and sold among the members, Judd said, and were used for protection and intimidation.The origins of the bomb launcher remained a mystery, he said. The ring member who procured it said he bought it for $100, Judd said, "and sold it to a ring leader buddy for $400. But we don't know where it came from."
Charges against those arrested included dealing in stolen property, drug possession and dealing, and theft.Carden was arrested Jan. 23 in Osceola County by the U.S. Marshals with 11 grams of meth and $9,000 in his possession, authorities said. He was charged by a federal grand jury this week with being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a machine gun.Gilmore, who authorities said described himself as the "muscle" of the organization, was arrested Feb. 8 on charges including grand theft auto, resisting an officer without violence and drug possession.Thirty people have been arrested since last summer, identified as part of the Carden organization.They are:
Francine Medders, 26, of 320 Wilder Road, Lot 2, Lakeland. Charges include burglary and grand theft auto.
Darrin Embry, 18, of 3011 Ernest Drive, Apt. D, Auburndale. Charges include possession of methamphetamine.
Michael Windley, 35, no known address. Charges include burglary and grand theft auto, resisting an officer without violence and driving with a suspended license.
Douglas Dawson Jr., 22, of 28380 Foot Road, Bartow. Charges include burglary and battery.
Douglas Dawson Sr., 48, of 836 Morning View Court, Lakeland. Charges include possession of methamphetamine.
Roger Shane Parker, 38, 4025 Crews View Lane, Lakeland. Charges include possession of methamphetamine, carrying a concealed firearm, tampering with evidence, maintaining a vehicle for drug use, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving with a suspended license and two violations of probation.
Shaun O'Neal, 21, of 2203 Shirth Road, Auburndale. Charges include possession of
methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Garrett Wiley, 20, of 1645 Merrick Road, Lakeland. Charges include possession of
drugs without a prescription, possession of methamphetamine, resisting an officer without violence, petty theft, driving with a suspended license, resisting an officer without violence, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Nathan Staricek, 21, of 133 Bergen Circle, Auburndale. Charges include possession of
methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, petty theft.
Kathy Wiley, 49, of 1911 Jupiter St., Lakeland. Charges include possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
William Watson, 30, of 806 Even House Road, Winter Haven. Charges include burglary, grand theft auto, grand theft, petty theft, driving with a suspended license and violation of probation.
Bandy Nesbitt, 20, of 5508 N.W. Oak Ave., Bartow. Charges include driving with a suspended license, having no car registration and forgery/altering of vehicle registration.
Leisha Harris, 44, of 9920 Steven Drive, Polk City. Charges include possession of
methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and having an open container in a car.
Frank McGrath, 40, of 307 N.W. Eighth St., Mulberry. Charges include possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, grand theft auto and violation of probation.
January Carter, 29, of 2002 Fish Hatchery Road, Lakeland. Charges include trafficking
more than 14 grams of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine near a school with intent to sell near, two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of drugs without a prescription.
Brian Oyer, 24 (deceased), of Steven Drive, Lakeland. Charges include possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and driving with a suspended license. Oyer was killed in a motorcycle crash Dec. 3.
Brandi Rewis, 28, of 3544 Raintree Circle, Lakeland. Charges include fraud, driving with a suspended license and violation of probation.
Michael Juilcher, 36, of 4230 Lewellyn Road, Lakeland. Charges include possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of drugs without a prescription and two counts of driving with a suspended license.
Lance Johnson, 26, of 900 N.W. Ninth Ave., Mulberry. Various charges include grand theft auto and driving with a suspended license.
Steven Phillips, 28, of Winter Haven. Charges include grand theft auto, resisting an officer without violence, fleeing to elude and driving with a suspended license.
Brandi Burnson, 26, of 1638 Taylor St., Auburndale. Charges include possession
of methamphetamine.
Lenna Lott, 32, of 2232 E. Magnolia St., Lakeland. Charges include a nonmoving
traffic violation of failure to notify the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles of a change of address.
Candace White, 24, of 2036 Meadow Oak Circle, Polk City. Charges include
possession of methamphetamine, grand theft auto, weapons violations, and multiple
violations of probation.
Susan Harper, 35, of Lakeland. Charges include possession of methamphetamine, possession of drugs without a prescription and failure to register a vehicle.
Michael Ryals, 30, of 1404 E Francis St., Polk City. Charges include possession o
of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Jasmine Luker, 19, of 2811 Old Medulla Road, Lakeland. Charges include
possession of methamphetamine, possession of drugs without a prescription and possession of marijuana, and multiple violations of probation.
Charles Turlington, 22, of 1280 E. Summerlin Drive, Bartow. Charges include possession of methamphetamine and five counts of possession of drug paraphernalia.
The following have warrants out for their arrests:
Lance Johnson, 26, of 900 N.W. Ninth Ave., Mulberry, has warrants for his arrest on charges of armed burglary, grand theft, dealing in stolen property and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
Bryan White, 26, of 1216 Windsong Drive, Lakeland is wanted on a violation of probation charge.
Jessica Carden, 25, of 106 Colonial Drive, Auburndale, is wanted on a violation of probation charge.

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Randy A. Crosby allegedly fired two shots inside a home in greater Bluffton

Randy A. Crosby triggered a manhunt when he allegedly fired two shots inside a home in greater Bluffton during a domestic dispute Monday faces more drug charges -- and now a shooting charge -- after he was arrested twice in the same day. Two of the home's other occupants also face drug charges. Less than a half-day after being released from the county jail Wednesday on a marijuana possession charge, 21-year-old Randy A. Crosby was arrested following a traffic stop and charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession of narcotics, simple possession of marijuana, driving under suspension and failure to surrender a driver's license.
He also was charged with discharging a firearm into a dwelling, which stemmed from the incident in the Mayfair section of Woodbridge on Monday. Earlier in the week, the Sheriff's Office said it did not have enough evidence to charge Crosby in connection with the shooting. That changed after officers recovered the gun, according to authorities. No one was injured in the incident, described by police as a domestic argument that ended with the gunshots. The manhunt Monday afternoon led to four Buckwalter area schools being locked down. Students were delayed from going home, and extracurricular activities were canceled. Two residents of the Mayfair Drive home where the alleged domestic dispute occurred were also charged during the traffic stop. Cory L. Avery, 17, was charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession of a firearm by a person under 21 and simple possession of marijuana. An 18-year-old woman was charged with misdemeanor simple possession of marijuana.
The traffic stop was the result of information obtained by the Beaufort-Jasper Multi-Agency Drug Task Force that indicated a home on Lake Linden Drive was being used to store and sell illegal drugs, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office. Crosby lives on that street, according to the Beaufort County Detention Center's online log.
Drugs were seized from the residence and that part of the investigation is ongoing, with additional arrests and charges expected, the Sheriff's Office said.
Avery was released Thursday on $16,000 bond. Crosby's bond had not yet been set Thursday on the shooting charge. The bond for his drug charges is $16,446. He was in jail Thursday night.

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Deandre Anderson, an eighth grader from Allapattah Middle School was shot and killed

Deandre Anderson, an eighth grader from Allapattah Middle School was shot and killed in a Northwest Miami-Dade neighborhood Thursday was the victim of a vicious episode of road rage, police said.According to police, Deandre and another young man were driving north on Northwest Seventh Avenue near 112th Street when they changed lanes and struck a gray, late-model Ford Thunderbird.Deandre and his companion tried to speed away from the accident, but the driver of the Thunderbird gave chase.It was not immediately clear which young man was behind the wheel of the maroon compact car carrying Deandre. The car broke down a few blocks away, on Northwest 114th Street near 11th Avenue.The teen jumped out of the car and tried to run. He didn't make it far.According to police, someone inside the Thunderbird fired multiple shots and killed Deandre. His body was found in a yard six houses from where his car broke down. Deandre's companion was not hurt.Police were searching Friday for the shooter or shooters. They were also looking for a gray, late-model Thunderbird with tinted windows and damage to the driver's side.''He did a few things and got into some trouble, but really, he's just a boy,'' said Anderson's aunt, Leta Middleton, on Friday. ``If you looked at him, he looks just like a boy. . . . People just gun happy. I guess they don't have a conscience anymore.''Deandre lived with his mother, Mary Simmons, in Liberty City, just a few miles from the shooting scene.Naomi Pierre-Daut, who lives across the street from where Anderson's body was found, said Thursday's shooting was frightening.''I heard seven shots so quick,'' said Pierre-Daut, who has lived on the block for seven years. ``I'm very scared to stay. I will put my house up for sale.''Mary Simmons grieved for her son with family members Friday at her apartment in Liberty City.''I just want to know why -- what was the reason?'' Simmons said. ``He was a child, a child, a child! No matter what they do, you can't do something like this to them.''

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Detective Cpl. Steven Andrus results linked Andrus' duty weapon to some of the casings, police said

Detective Cpl. Steven Andrus, a six-year veteran of the Gary Police Department, will remain on paid suspension for the duration of the investigation, said Cmdr. Samuel Roberts.Andrus and at least three other Gary officers, as well as a fourth who recently got another job, are suspects in the March 18 drive-by at a house in Portage.Portage police allege that the shooting occurred hours after Andrus, Gary Patrolman Daryl Gordon and others got into a fight outside in a bar in nearby Hobart, where Andrus lives, after they had been drinking on St. Patrick's Day.Gordon suffered two black eyes and may have been hospitalized when an extended cab pickup truck drove past a Portage man's house and someone fired several shots in his direction. The Portage man and his two brothers had faced off against Gordon outside the bar after having a verbal confrontation inside.Portage investigators recovered numerous spent shells, which were compared to weapons owned by the Gary officers. The results linked Andrus' duty weapon to some of the casings, police said.
There was no telephone listing for Andrus in the Hobart area.Besides criminal charges, Andrus and any other participants may face punishment through the Gary Police Civil Service Commission.The allegations are the latest trouble for the department following the retirement of former Chief Thomas Houston. He and two aides had been accused of beating, harming and illegally holding people they suspected of breaking into Houston's house.Houston and his two former aides pleaded not guilty to the charges after they were indicted. Houston retired March 11 after 42 years with the department.

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Jermaine Carvery, who was on remand on charges of attempted murder and hostage-taking, escaped from guards outside the Centennial Building of the Vict

Jermaine Carvery, who was on remand on charges of attempted murder and hostage-taking, escaped from guards outside the Centennial Building of the Victoria General hospital at about 1:15 p.m. while being transferred from a prison van to the hospital, where the 30-year-old was to undergo day surgery.But it is unclear how he made his brazen midday escape.Several questions remain unanswered.Did Mr. Carvery, who is noticeably thinner than the picture provided to the media, slip one of his ankles through the leg iron? Or did he have some sort of key?How did he outrun two unarmed guards in a busy area of Halifax? And why did it take 25 minutes before anyone notified police of his disappearance?Those are all questions that the provincial Justice Department hopes to answer during its internal review of Thursday’s escape."We’re looking at exactly, first of all, how this incident happened, starting from the time they left (the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Dartmouth) to when he fled," said department spokeswoman Sherri Aikenhead.At this point, she said, officials don’t know how he got the leg irons off. As far as she knows, she said, he didn’t have a key.She hadn’t heard an unconfirmed report that Mr. Carvery may have gotten into a car at the Via Rail station, and it’s not known whether he had help from someone."Staff are trying to determine whether or not this was preplanned," she said."We were called at 1:39 p.m., and they were pursuing him in the area of South Street and Wellington at that point," said Const. Jeff Carr, Halifax Regional Police spokesman. He didn’t know why the force wasn’t informed sooner.Ms. Aikenhead said 1:15 p.m. "was an approximate time of the escape, but that is being looked at — the timelines — as part of our review."The guards weren’t injured during the incident and Justice Department staff notified Mr. Carvery’s alleged victims, Ms. Aikenhead said.Shortly after the call came in to police, officers set up a four- or five-block perimeter and brought in a police dog team and about two dozen officers.They ended the perimeter search at 3:30 p.m."We never had sight of him," Const. Carr said.The force sent out a description and photo of Mr. Carvery to other Nova Scotia police forces and set up a special team dedicated to searching for him.He is "considered potentially dangerous," Const. Carr said.Mr. Carvery faces 22 charges in connection with four heists in the Halifax and Truro areas from 2004 to 2006.He is charged with attempted murder, armed robbery and unauthorized possession of a firearm. He also faces four counts each of forcible confinement, wearing a disguise in the commission of an offence and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, three counts of theft and two counts each of robbery and possession of stolen property.Officials from four police agencies said in September that Mr. Carvery, in custody in Toronto at the time, had been charged in a series of "highly violent, takedown-style robberies, which shook the victims and owners and the Nova Scotia business community as a whole."On April 28, 2004, three armed men walked into TRA Cash and Carry in Truro at about 7 a.m., confined three employees and fled in a stolen van with a quantity of cigarettes. Four to six armed men entered the Costco store at Bayers Lake Business Park in Halifax shortly after 4 a.m. on July 30, 2004, as the first workers were arriving for the day.The robbers forcibly confined 42 employees for more than two hours while they loaded about $250,000 worth of cigarettes into a U-Haul truck and drove off. On the evening of Sept. 12, 2004, three armed and masked men hit Chrissy’s Trading Post in Hammonds Plains. They confined a clerk and two people who were in the parking lot, stole an undisclosed amount of cash and also tried to break into the business owner’s nearby home. Two years later, on Sept. 25, 2006, more than $100,000 was stolen from DirectCash ATM Services in Dartmouth.Two men, one armed with a gun and the other with a spray can, were involved in the crime. A shot was fired at an employee who escaped out a back door and ran to a nearby office. At the time of the escape Thursday, Mr. Carvery was wearing green jail-issued pants and a navy sweatshirt, Const. Carr said. He had short hair and facial hair, estimated to be about two days’ growth. He is also thinner now than he appeared in the photo issued to the media Thursday.

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Victor Manuel Varela Jr suspected gun runner was arrested by agents from the Bureau of Alcoho, Tobacco, Firearms and explosives this week.

Victor Manuel Varela Jr., 23, of Tuscon, AZ was taken into custody by the Arizona U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force as part of Operation Gunrunner.
suspected gun runner was arrested by agents from the Bureau of Alcoho, Tobacco, Firearms and explosives this week.
Investigators believe the alleged gun-runner carried the guns into Mexico at the Columbus, N.M. border crossing and were intended for use in the ongoing battles between rival cartels and with Mexican law enforcement.The arrest follows an investigation conducted by the ATF and the Arizona Attorney General's Office, and investigators believe it will disrupt a group of gun smugglers that were allegedly trafficking the arms to a Mexican drug cartel.This investigation was initiated based on information that Varela, through a network of straw purchasers, had acquired a number of firearms, including several .50 caliber "Barrett" rifles, for the purpose of supplying them to Mexican cartel members.
A number of the firearms attributed to this group have been recovered by law enforcement and military entities of the Mexican government who were mobilized to address the escalating level of violence in the Juarez, Chihuahua and Palomas, areas of Mexico.Intelligence received throughout the course of this investigation, which implicates persons located in Mexico is being shared with members of Mexican law enforcement in conjunction with the ATF Mexico City Office. Varela was remanded to the custody of the Maricopa County Jail, and is being charged by the Arizona Attorney General's Office with control of a criminal enterprise, conspiracy, fraud, forgery and weapons violations.

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George Reginald Graves arraigned negligently firing a weapon and a misdemeanor count of destruction of evidence

George Reginald Graves, 39, is scheduled to be arraigned at Southwest Justice Center within the next week on a felony count of negligently firing a weapon and a misdemeanor count of destruction of evidence. He could not be reached Wednesday for comment.A defense attorney who represented Graves after his arrest in June said Wednesday he has not spoken to Graves since the criminal charges were filed by the Riverside County district attorney's office.According to court documents, Graves and another man had been drinking at Corner Pocket bar on California Oaks Road the night of June 23, 2007.Murrieta police were sent to the bar to investigate a report of gunshots being heard.A security officer at the bar told police that he saw a car drive away, heard a gunshot and saw a muzzle flash from the car, documents state. Police ultimately identified Graves as one of the men in the car, according to the document, written in February by Murrieta police Detective Danny Martin requesting Graves' arrest.Officers went to a nearby apartment where Graves lived. While talking to him, Graves asked officers if anyone had been shot at the bar, the document states.When a search warrant was served at Graves' apartment, police found a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun registered to Graves in a bathroom sink about three-quarters filled with water and there was a strong odor of bleach, Martin wrote.The criminal complaint alleges that Graves tried to destroy or conceal evidence ---- gun powder residue.Three shell casings ---- one outside the bar and two more in the apartment complex across from the bar ---- were tested and found to have been fired from Graves' handgun, Martin wrote.
Another test revealed that Graves had a blood-alcohol level of 0.30 percent after his arrest, the document states.Martin wrote that he listened to jail phone calls made by both Graves and the man police say was with him that night. During some of those calls, the other man ---- who has not been charged in this case ---- made several statements about Graves being the one who fired the gun, Martin wrote.
Graves is no longer with the Sheriff's Department after 15 years of service.
In 1999, Graves received a Medal of Courage, one of the highest Sheriff's Department awards, for the actions he and another deputy took to save the lives of five adults and 11 children during an apartment fire in Lake Elsinore just before Christmas Day in 1998.Graves also received two other department awards: the Gold Star for his actions in a life-threatening situation in 2000 and the Lifesaving Award for performing CPR on a 3-year-old boy who nearly drowned in Canyon Lake in 1997.

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Marc Kidby's Ohio University employee concealed-carry permit was not suspended until he lay dying of self-inflicted gunshot wounds.

His permit to carry a hidden handgun should have been suspended, and his guns surrendered, when his wife obtained a domestic-violence protection order Feb. 11.
However, the Athens County sheriff's office didn't suspend his permit, as required by state law, and might not even have asked Kidby to turn over his guns.
After two public suicide attempts, Kidby fatally wounded himself yesterday morning by firing rounds from his .38-caliber handgun into his chest and head at his rural home.In the weeks before, he had threatened twice to jump off tall structures in Athens, was admitted to a mental-health hospital and talked of “suicide by cop.”
The Athens County sheriff's office apparently was unaware that the law requires sheriffs to immediately suspend gun permits when a protection order is issued against permit holders.Chief Deputy Dave Malawista said today that he was unfamiliar with the law. “If that in fact is the case and we have notification of that, we will take care of it. … This may have been a single-case error.”
Malawista said he will meet with Common Pleas Judge Michael Ward to develop a consistent system of checking protection orders against lists of gun-permit holders.
“When we give them the orders over there, it's up to them to comply,” Ward said.
The protection order issued against Kidby, 30, an Ohio University employee disturbed by his pending divorce, instructed him to turn over his guns to deputies.
Federal domestic-violence laws also forbid domestic-violence suspects under protection orders from possessing firearms or ammunition.
“Even if someone had gone in and confiscated his guns, he certainly would not have lacked access to weapons,” Malawista said. “I know of no case where anyone thought he was a threat to others.”& amp; amp; lt; /p>
However, Kidby's wife said in her petition for a protection order that he had threatened to kill her and their 2-year-old daughter.
Nancy Neylon, executive director of the Ohio Domestic Violence Network, said she found it alarming that Kidby still possessed a gun permit when he killed himself. “You're not supposed to even have a firearm, let alone a concealed-carry permit,” she said.
Judge Craig Baldwin of Licking County Domestic Relations Court said that, at a minimum, law-enforcement officers should ask those served with protection orders to surrender their guns.
Officers may arrest someone who they suspect is violating an order by not turning over guns and then can obtain a search warrant to look for weapons, said Baldwin, chairman of the Ohio Domestic Relations Judges Association.
Statewide, sheriffs suspended 502 concealed-carry permits last year for reasons ranging from protective orders to criminal arrests. Two permits were suspended in Athens County. About 108,000 Ohioans hold gun permits.

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